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Robert Gibbons

Robert Gibbons

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
55
Citations
33860
World Ranking
1026
National Ranking
636

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Robert Gibbons is affiliated with MIT in the United States and has conducted research primarily in the social sciences, with additional contributions in business, management, and accounting. Their work covers interdisciplinary areas with a focus on experimental behavioral economics studies, culture, economy and development studies, management and organizational studies, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, complex systems and decision making, cultural differences and values, and economic theory and institutions.

Key recent papers published by Robert Gibbons include:

  • Knowledge, Stories, and Culture in Organizations (2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings)
  • What Situation Is This? Shared Frames and Collective Performance (2021, Strategy Science)
  • Strategy Meets Culture (for Breakfast): Understanding the Relationship and Highlighting Its Potential (2021, Strategy Science)
  • Visible Hands: Governance of Value Creation-Within Firms and Beyond (2020, AEA Papers and Proceedings)
  • Deals that start when you sign them (2021, Journal of Institutional Economics)

The primary publication venues include:

  • AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • Strategy Science
  • Journal of Institutional Economics
  • Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics JITE
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

The scientist has collaborated frequently with researchers such as Laurence Prusak, Marco LiCalzi, Massimo Warglien, Jordan I. Siegel, and Roberto A. Weber.

Robert Gibbons's main fields of study are:

  • Social Sciences
  • Business, Management and Accounting

Subfields of study relevant to their publications include:

  • Safety Research
  • Demography
  • Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science

Main topics of research encompass:

  • Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
  • Culture, Economy, and Development Studies
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
  • Complex Systems and Decision Making
  • Cultural Differences and Values
  • Economic Theory and Institutions

In 2002, Robert Gibbons received the Fellows of the Econometric Society award.

Best Publications

  • Game theory for applied economists

    Robert S. Gibbons

  • Relational Contracts and the Theory of the Firm

    George P. Baker;Robert Gibbons;Kevin J. Murphy

  • Optimal Incentive Contracts in the Presence of Career Concerns: Theory and Evidence

    Robert Gibbons;Kevin James Murphy

  • Subjective Performance Measures in Optimal Incentive Contracts

    George P. Baker;Robert Gibbons;Kevin J. Murphy

  • A Primer in Game Theory

    Robert Gibbons

  • Relative Performance Evaluation for Chief Executive Officers

    Robert Gibbons;Kevin James Murphy

  • Incentives in Organizations

    Robert Gibbons

  • Layoffs and Lemons

    Robert Gibbons;Lawrence F. Katz

  • Learning and Wage Dynamics

    Henry S. Farber;Robert Gibbons

  • Does Unmeasured Ability Explain Inter-Industry Wage Differentials?

    Robert Gibbons;Lawrence F. Katz

  • Informal authority in organizations

    George P. Baker;Robert Gibbons;Kevin J. Murphy

  • Four formal(izable) theories of the firm

    Robert Gibbons

  • Careers in organizations: Theory and evidence

    Robert Gibbons;Michael Waldman

  • A Theory of Wage and Promotion Dynamics Inside Firms

    Robert Gibbons;Michael Waldman

  • Dissolving a Partnership Efficiently.

    Peter C. Cramton;Robert Gibbons;Paul Klemperer

  • Incentives Between Firms (and Within)

    Robert Gibbons

  • Task-Specific Human Capital

    Robert Gibbons;Michael Waldman

  • Relational Contracts and Organizational Capabilities

    Robert Gibbons;Rebecca Henderson

  • The Handbook of Organizational Economics

    Robert Gibbons;John Roberts

  • CHEAP TALK WITH TWO AUDIENCES

    Joseph Farrell;Robert Gibbons

Frequent Co-Authors

Lawrence F. Katz
Lawrence F. Katz Harvard University
Joseph Farrell
Joseph Farrell University of California, Berkeley
Michael Waldman
Michael Waldman Cornell University
John Roberts
John Roberts Rice University
Henry S. Farber
Henry S. Farber Princeton University
Thomas Lemieux
Thomas Lemieux University of British Columbia
Richard B. Freeman
Richard B. Freeman Harvard University
Max H. Bazerman
Max H. Bazerman Harvard University
Leigh Thompson
Leigh Thompson Northwestern University

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